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2.2: Reflections


This activity encourages students to talk about the similarities and differences of their features in positive terms.

Tasks

  1. Ask students to sit in a circle and run their fingers over their faces locating and exploring their features: forehead, eyes, nose, chin, cheeks, ears, mouth, skin texture and hair.
  2. Ask students to pass around a hand mirror. Ask students to take turns to look in the mirror and say, "My name is X and I have brown hair and brown eyes." Teacher may need to model this for the class depending on the students’ abilities. More features can be added e.g. "My name is X and I have brown hair, brown eyes, freckles. a red mouth and round ears."
  3. Ask students to draw self-portraits based on Handout 2: My face. Discuss the positioning of facial features.
  4. Encourage students to talk about the similarities and differences in their portraits e.g. eye colour, hair, skin etc as they work.
  5. As an extension, a circle activity could include description of other students e.g. "My name is X and I have brown hair and brown eyes. His (the boy beside her) name is Y and he has red hair and brown eyes."
  6. Collect and keep self-portraits for the next activity.
Teacher Notes
  1. There are many kindergarten ‘body part’ songs and rhymes that will help reinforce facial vocabulary.
  2. Students should be encouraged to draw hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth and clothes in the bands as indicated on Handout 2: My face..
  3. Teachers should ensure that there is an appropriate range of textas, crayons and paints for realistic skin tones, eyes and hair.
Downloads
Resources
  • Hand mirror
  • Textas, crayons or paint.